Since 1999, I have been using my stories and photos to share the beauty and incredible social wealth, as well as the challenges of the children and people I meet during my travels. By raising awareness and telling the stories of the voiceless, I aim to, in my small way, help spread compassion, love and hope.
On The Move
This Wodaabe family moves with its belongings every couple of days. It's the rainy season and they are “chasing after” ...
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Interview: Migrants Abandoned in Searing Sahara
(June 29, 2018) Ariane speaks with Meteorologist Kait Parker of the Weather Channel about the worldwide migration crisis. In June, ...
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Magic and Medicine
MAGIC AND MEDICINE The Wodaabe are known for their lore, magic, and medicine. Here a mother teaches her daughter how ...
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The Old Meets The Young
THE OLD MEETS THE YOUNG Here, an elderly Wodaabe medicine man exchanges salutations with a young Wodaabe. Wodaabe men also ...
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Left To Their Own
LEFT TO THEIR OWN These children have been left to care for themselves while their parents are on climate-induced exodus ...
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Migration For A Home
MIGRATION FOR A HOME Hadiza celebrates the construction of the home of her sister, Sori. Sori arrived back to her ...
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The Deadly Migration
THE DEADLY MIGRATION After losing 90% of his livestock, Mohammed travels to Libya several months a year to conduct petty-commerce ...
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Parenting and Condemnable Traditions
PARENTING AND CONDEMNABLE TRADITIONS On my previous post, one of my friends was concerned that I posted the photo of ...
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Happy Father’s Day
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!! This father, the school director of Taramtagueye village, provides comfort to his daughter after a long, tiring ...
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Desert Punks
DESERT PUNKS (current theme: Wodaabe women of Niger) Wodaabe Fulani women venerate beauty. They have their faces tattooed during childhood, ...
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From Gerewol’s to Prostitution
FROM GEREWOL'S TO PROSTITUTION (current theme: Wodaabe women of Niger) Wodaabe women climate refugees, renowned for their beauty, may resort ...
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Road Cutters and Boko Haram
ROAD CUTTERS and BOKO HARAM (current theme: Wodaabe women of Niger) Najet recalls her latest return as a migrant worker ...
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The Exodus Fraught with Danger
THE EXODUS FRAUGHT WITH DANGER (Current theme : Wodaabe women of Niger) Kourgil, a Wodaabe, spends six to eight months ...
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How Could Anyone Fit Into A Plane?
HOW COULD ANYONE FIT INTO A PLANE? This is one of three sisters that visited us during our stay in ...
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How Could Anyone Fit Into A Plane?
HOW COULD ANYONE FIT INTO A PLANE? This is one of three sisters that visited us during our stay in ...
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Jewelry That Tells A Story
JEWELRY THAT TELLS A STORY: This beautiful woman of the Bagzan Mountains wears her traditional jewelry of silver, ancient beads, ...
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